Review: Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny With A Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits, by Celia Rivenbark

Celia Rivenbark is a comedic goddess.

Belle Weather is a collection of essays written from Rivenbark's southern belle redneck perspective, a mixture that makes her humor simultaneously highbrow and mildly trashy. Her topics range from home repair problems (Possum Chokes on Packing Peanuts, Gross Film At Eleven) to children's literature (Harry Potter Bitch Slaps Nancy Drew), and they are all hysterical. HYSTERICAL, people! As in, my coffee almost beat a hasty retreat out my nose more than once.

The best part about this book is that it's not apologetic, not self-depreciating, not anything but straight-out brassy. Yet, while whipping out the bitch like nobody's business, Rivenbark still comes across as completely likable. Anyone who has read and liked Tanis-style humor over at Attack of the Redneck Mommy would love this. In fact, I need to email her and tell her to run out and get a copy, if she hasn't already. You should get one, too. Just don't drink anything while you're reading. It won't be pretty.

Rating: five out of five stars - effing hysterical, perfect for dragging you out of winter dumps